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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 6: Performing Backup</h1>
<div><p>Before performing backup, you need to associate the resources to be protected with a specified SLA. The system protects the resources and periodically executes backup jobs based on the SLA. You can perform a backup job immediately through manual backup.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul><li>Copies generated by manual backup are retained for the period defined in the SLA.</li><li>Before the backup, do not add, modify, or delete data in the database on the management node.</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol338212673720"><b><span id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text1538282653712"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Databases &gt; GoldenDB</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>On the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Instance</strong></span></b></span> tab, select the instance to be protected and click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Protect</strong></span></b></span>. </span><p><p>You can select multiple databases.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Select an SLA.</span><p><div class="p" id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p16181740836">You can also click <span class="uicontrol" id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_uicontrol169554520714"><b><span id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text179554516717"><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create an SLA.<div class="note" id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_note25947145710"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p125947145711"><span id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ph1413818422327">If a WORM policy has been configured for the resources to be protected, select an SLA without a WORM policy to avoid WORM policy conflicts.</span></p>
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</p></li><li><span>Set advanced backup parameters. </span><p><div class="p"><a href="#goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001387428129_table354613271506">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="22.7%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p>Script to Run Before Backup</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" width="77.3%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>You can configure <strong>Script to Run Before Backup</strong>, <strong>Script to Run upon Backup Success</strong>, and <strong>Script to Run upon Backup Failure</strong> based on site requirements. When the message "ProtectAgent started executing the prerequisite task." is displayed during a backup job, the configured script is executed in the corresponding scenario.</p>
<div class="p">Enter the absolute path and name of the script and ensure that the user who logs in to the database host has the permission to run the script.<ul><li>Windows OSs support <span class="uicontrol"><b>.bat</b></span> scripts, for example, <strong>C:\script.bat</strong>.</li><li>Non-Windows OSs support <span class="uicontrol"><b>.sh</b></span> scripts, for example, <strong>/opt/script.sh</strong>.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>If <span class="uicontrol"><b>Script to Run upon Backup Success</b></span> is configured, the backup job status is displayed as <span class="uicontrol"><b>Successful</b></span> on the <span>OceanProtect</span> even if the script fails to be run. Check whether the job details contain information indicating that a post-processing script fails to be run. If yes, correct the script in a timely manner.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_uicontrol23691650677"><b>OK</b></span>.</span><p><p id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_en-us_topic_0000001656691397_p25041111535">If the current system time is later than the start time of the first backup specified in the SLA, you can select <strong id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_b9624185216713">Execute manual backup now</strong> in the dialog box that is displayed or choose to perform automatic backup periodically based on the backup policy set in the SLA.</p>
</p></li><li><span>Perform manual backup.</span><p><div class="p">If you want to execute a backup job immediately, perform manual backup through the following operations. Otherwise, skip this step.<ol type="a"><li>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span> in the row of the instance to be backed up.</li><li>Set the name of the copy generated during manual backup.</li><li>If this parameter is left unspecified, the system sets the copy name to <strong>backup_</strong><em>Timestamp</em> by default.</li><li>Select a protection policy, which can be full backup, incremental backup, or log backup.<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p><span id="goldendb-00015__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ph19374310343">For 1.6.0 and later versions, if the selected protection policy is different from that configured in the associated SLA, the WORM configuration does not take effect.</span></p>
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</li><li>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</li></ol>
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